Katy Perry

Joey Cook spent most of the hour looking very nervous — but when her time came, she was cool and comfortable. Cook, who spent most of last year living in Newport News and playing at Peninsula open mic nights, advanced to the final 12 on the current season of "American Idol." On Wednesday night's live episode, she learned that she was one of the top 10 in last week's viewer vote — but she was the last of those 10 names to be revealed. (Two more singers were later advanced by the judges' "wild card.") In keeping with the theme of the episode, Cook immediately took the stage for a reprise of her audition song — "King of...

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